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500Friends

500Friends was a company developing loyalty marketing programs for brands and retailers. The company was acquired by Merkle in 2014.

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Industry
Software as a service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS)
Social
Social
Retail
Retail
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Loyalty
Cloud computing
Cloud computing
Loyalty program
Loyalty program
Software
Software
Technology
Technology
...
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
B2X
B2B
B2B
Founder
Justin Yoshimura
Justin Yoshimura
Bob Tekiela
Bob Tekiela
Hong Hu
Hong Hu
AngelList URL
angel.co/500friends
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../53780-32
Legal Name
500FRIENDS, INC.
Accelerator
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
Accelerator Batch
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Y Combinator W10 Batch
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,001+0
Email Address
sales@500friends.com
Full Address
444 Spear Street Suite 213 San Francisco, CA 94105 United States
Place of Incorporation
Delaware
Delaware
Investors
Babak Nivi
Babak Nivi
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant
David Li
David Li
Richard Chen
Richard Chen
Intel Capital
Intel Capital
Eric Chen
Eric Chen
Starfish Ventures
Starfish Ventures
...
Founded Date
2009
Total Funding Amount (USD)
10,900,000
Latest Funding Round Date
March 12, 2013
Competitors
Influitive
Influitive
Acquisition Transaction
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Acquisition of Merkle Loyalty Solutions by Merkle (company)
Latest Funding Type
Series B
Series B
Wellfound ID
500friends
Technologies Used
HTML5
HTML5
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Country
United States
United States

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Blog
blog.500friends.com/2012/...mbers/
Company Operating Status
Active
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
5,000,000
Y Combinator URL
ycombinator.com/compani...0friends

500Friends was a company that participated in the YC W10 cohort of Y Combinator and raised an estimated $12,900,000. The company was acquired by Merkle in 2014. The startup’s platform, LoyaltyPlus, was designed to allow businesses to run customer loyalty programs in stores, online, and on mobile.

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